he is a regular guest on msnbc's "morning joe" and cnbc's "squawk box." from 2001 to fwix he was cnn's editor for "american morning." join me in welcoming secretary hank paulson and mr. andy serwer. [applause] >> thank you. thank you very much, president knapp, and thank you to everyone here at george washington university. thank you to all the students and everyone else who has come here today. we are delighted to see you all. and also thank you, secretary paulson, for coming. and having this conversation with us. let's get right to it. the conversation today, of course, is about china and the united states relationship with china. as president knapp suggested, hank is uniquely qualified to discuss this given his role in government at goldman sachs and the nonprofit world. each one of those roles is salient in a unique way to what is going on in china and the relationship, the u.s.-china relationship. i think you will see that. let's get right to maybe the most important topic with regard to china right now, mr. secretary, the changeover in leadership. i